A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt which is tensionless in a
circumferential direction in a center part in a lateral direction and
supported to circularly move, a heating device that heats the fixing
belt, a pressure roll contacted with an outer peripheral face and
supported to rotate around an axis, a pressure member contacted with an
inner peripheral face to exert pressure on the pressure roll, and a
support member passed through inside the fixing belt and supporting the
pressure member. Preferably, an unfixed toner image on a recording medium
passing the nip part which is formed between the fixing belt and the
pressure roll is pressurized and heated to be formed into a fixed image,
and the fixing belt is kept in a round shape in the circumferential
direction near both side edges and supported to rotate around a center
axis determined by the support member.